Chapter 342 The circle of friends is the most reliable
It is not within the eight major cuisines. It integrates the essence of "Huaiyang", "Su Cuisine" and "Zhejiang Cuisine" among the eight major cuisines. It often shows people with "heavy oil red sauce".
It is the taste of no.1 home in the hearts of the people of the Demon City, this dish.
Crystal shrimp, crab paste tofu, fried eel shredded pine nuts and citrus citrus...
The exquisite delicious dishes made Arthur sigh that the chefs of Dragon and Phoenix Hall fully demonstrated the red, sweet and white freshness of this dish.
After tasting the perfect food, Arthur embraced Jiang Lai's slender waist and followed Zheng Bao to the Jasmine Lounge on the first floor. There were elegant and beautiful slow songs, especially the smile on the faces of the service staff, which left a deep impression on Arthur, warm and sincere.
In a white dress and a red bow tie, six energetic old musicians sat on the small stage, with white hair and no gorgeous acting skills, but the music they performed was so beautiful.
Arthur and the other two ordered cocktails, sat on the chair and listened quietly to familiar music. They could really feel the historical vicissitudes of the Demon City from their music. Perhaps these classic sounds are the different knots they have about the Demon City, and are using music to tell the story of the Old Demon City to more people.
After the baptism of the wine table culture, Arthur and Little Leopard became more familiar and casual. The key is that there are no language barriers between the two sides, and everyone is young, so it will naturally be easy to get along with.
"Sir, I heard from Jiang Lai that you want to invest in a cinema chain when you come to the Tianchao this time?" The little leopard called out the nickname he gave to Arthur not long ago, and Arthur readily accepted the nickname.
He finally knew why the little leopard was able to make a fortune later. I have to say that he is indeed good at dancing. The key is that he has a rare affinity that makes people hate it.
"Haha, isn't this a little spare money? I heard Lai talk about the rising film market in the Celestial Dynasty, so I had the idea of investing in theaters in the Celestial Dynasty. But I heard her say that one of your friends is a cinema, but they don't make money, right?"
"Well, that's true." The little leopard curled his lips and nodded, "After Jiang Lai mentioned it to me, I specially learned about and collected some of the situation of the Tianchao Cinemas. Can you listen?"
"Of course, thank you." Arthur smiled and picked up the cocktail and touched the other person.
"You're welcome, it's not a secret." The little leopard took a sip of wine and said happily. He knew that the other party knew.
"In 2002, the movie theater system reformed, and the box office of the film market increased rapidly from 920 million yuan in 2003 to 10 billion yuan in 2009, exceeding 10 times. The huge potential and influence that the Celestial Movies are hidden in and that they need to explode are indeed eye-catching.
In the past 2009, there were 14 theaters with annual box offices exceeding 100 million yuan in the country, including 5 theaters with a box office of more than 600 million yuan. Wanda theaters ranked first among theaters with a box office of 830 million yuan.
From the initial separatist and dominance of the Celestial Cinema market to now, it has gradually shown a situation of competition among many heroes. The three forces supporting the Celestial Cinema market are private cinema chains, including cinema chains and various cinema investment management companies.
Currently, there are three most sample-based theaters in private cinemas. Wanda Cinemas, which started in 2005, Dadi Cinemas, which started in 2006, and Times Jindian Cinemas, which was approved for establishment in 2009. However, I heard that they are recruiting theaters and have already joined more than 60 theaters.
The rest of the theaters cannot be underestimated. One is Jinyi theaters, which have undergone many capital restructurings. According to the news I have obtained, it is one of the most growing theaters in the industry. In the case of Hengdian theaters, it has been in the market for two years and has been on the express train of the development of the film industry. The box office has also exceeded 100 million yuan, ranking 12th. It is considered a medium theater.
Then there are theaters, which are all leaders, and in the end there are theater investment companies. Two of them are Herijiang, and one of them is zhongfilm, especially zhongfilm. They are not theaters but better than theaters. The industry leader, what does leading companies mean? They have enough control and influence in resources and have a strong voice in the market.
In 2007, it joined forces with Times Jindian to acquire four Warner theaters, and began to plan to build a complete industrial chain..."
Arthur heard it very seriously. To be honest, he didn't expect Little Leopard to say so in detail, and summarized the current situation of the entire Celestial Cinema, so he picked up the wine glass and clinked it with Little Leopard's wine glass again.
"Thank you, what you said is really useful!"
Hearing Arthur's sincere thanks and Jiang Lai's gratitude and happiness, the little leopard smiled brighter. After drinking all the wine in the glass, he smiled freely and casually: "It's good that it's useful, you don't need to thank you for it, we are friends."
"Haha, okay, then I won't thank you. If I really invested in theaters in Tianchao in the end, the movies you will participate in in the future will give you the best time to schedule films!" Arthur joked with a smile.
"Haha, the relationship is good, then I'll wait for that day to come." The little leopard smiled happily, "However, according to my understanding, although the theaters are booming, the operating conditions of most theaters are worrying, and the overall theater market is facing severe challenges.
According to the current internal regulations my friend told me, the box office revenue of a movie must be paid 5% as a special fund for film development, and there is also a business tax of 3.3%. The remaining box office theaters and theaters account for 57%, and the film company and the publisher jointly receive 43%.
For example, taking the movie box office of 10 million as an example, the special fund is 500,000, with a business tax of 330,000, theaters and theaters 5.23 million, and film companies and publishers 3.94 million. Among them, because the theater system is implemented, theaters will receive about 4% of the total box office.
Finally, after deducting the miscellaneous things, it would be great that the theater could get 10% of the total box office of 10 million in the movie, which is 1 million. My friend's theater ranked 35th in the country, which is already very awesome, but he dare not say whether it makes money. Even if the average daily box office can reach a perfect 160,000 yuan, 5 million yuan per month, and the annual box office is 60 million yuan, but its rent and property expenses are 12 million yuan a year, which exceeds more than 20%, and the operating cost is too high."
Hearing what the little leopard said, Arthur was very moved. This is the truly useful data and information. To be honest, Arthur really has no idea about the cinema chain, but many people know that "the theaters get half the box office" and think that the theaters are very profitable, so they think that they will get a share of the Celestial Film Market, which will be very prosperous in the future.
It seems that I have to give up the idea of building a cinema chain and I can only find a big fish to invest in this big pond!
It must be said that if you have big water and big fish, you can survive until the end!
"I really want to say thank you solemnly." Arthur said to the little leopard with a smile.
Little Leopard naturally knew that what he said was very useful, but he actually looked at people as a recipe. Before, he just heard Jiang Lai say that it was true or false, and there was no way to tell whether it was true or false. After all, there were really many foreign scammers.
However, after contacting, after knowing Arthur's name, he used his time to go to the toilet to search the Internet and found a news story, which was the news briefing of Quanta Group becoming a shareholder of the Coast Power Plant, which mentioned Arthur.
It’s not that Little Leopard doesn’t believe in Jiang Lai, but that he doesn’t believe in the IQ of a woman in love. After confirming Arthur’s identity, he becomes more enthusiastic, one more friend, and one more way, not to mention a super big money owner like Arthur Bolin. This is really a big man who has no chance to meet each other, so how could he miss the opportunity to establish friendship with each other?
Since confirming Arthur's identity, the little leopard has not expected to establish friendship with Arthur through Jiang Lai's relationship, because in his opinion, this kind of relationship is the least reliable. If he can only become friends through Jiang Lai and Arthur today, then in the future, he may also cut off his friendship with Arthur because the relationship between them ends.
Chapter completed!